1. pompous or dogmatic speeches or writings; pretentious expressions of opinion
Usage: often disapproving

Examples

• The professor’s pontifications about modern art bored the students.
• We had to endure his lengthy pontifications on politics.
• Her pontifications about healthy living seemed hypocritical given her own habits.
• The editorial was full of pontifications rather than practical solutions.
• I’m tired of listening to his pontifications about what’s wrong with society.
• The meeting was dominated by pontifications from senior management.